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Agenda• Workshop Basics

• Discovery Phase

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Workshop Basics

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Typical Requirements Workshops

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Workshop Duration Proposed Attendees Date

Business Requirements 2 hours Architect, Business Owners, Representatives

Network, Storage, Security, and Management 4 hours PM, Architect, Server, Networks, Security,

Storage, Operations, Administrators  

Workshop• This workshop is a gathering of project stakeholders who aim to

– Agree on the project direction and scope– Identify and agree to business and/or system requirements– Examine possible solutions to the requirements– Review and approve the products under analysis

Plan the Workshop

Conduct the Workshop Follow Up

Plan the Workshop• Objectives

– Key question is, “Why are we staging this workshop?”– Clearly state objectives in the agenda– Send the agenda to participants early enough for them to prepare and

gather relevant information for the meeting

• Attendees

• Concerns

• Structure

• Techniques

• Venues

Conduct the Workshop• Focus on Objectives

– The facilitator is responsible for following the agenda

• Encourage Participation

• Stay on Track

• Keep a Record

• Summarize Key Points

Follow Up• Document, Communicate, and Validate

– The workshop activities should be documented to track follow-up activities and for eventual sign-off by attendees

• Issue Notes

• Invite Feedback

Discovery Phase

Business Requirements – Questions Part 1– Do you have an executive sponsor for the Software-Defined Storage

implementation?– Do you currently document and manage business agreements or regulatory

requirements that impact IT?– Do you have someone within IT who has been identified as leading

initiatives for software defined storage?– Have you completed a business impact analysis (BIA) study that provides

the list of systems to build out the software defined storage infrastructure, including priorities and dependencies?

– Have you completed a risk assessment study that shows assets, vulnerabilities, likelihood of damage, and estimated cost of recovery?

– Do you have a configuration management database (CMDB) that contains all relevant information about the information systems components and the relationships between the components?

Business Requirements – Questions Part 2– Are changes to the IT infrastructure reviewed for impact on DR procedures?– Do you have Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in place for your Software

Defined Storage solution?– Do you have a complete mapping of line of business/users that maps to the

application services list detailed in the SLAs?– How often do new applications get added to the environment that would

have a need for different storage characteristics?– How are decisions on storage policy currently made?– How is storage tiered currently in the environment?– Do you have a team dedicated to application level development including

design, implementation and performance testing ?

Network, Storage, Security, and Management – Part 1

– What type of LUNs do you provision to support the virtual infrastructure?– What is the typical size of VMware VMFS volumes that you have

provisioned to service your virtual infrastructure?– What is the typical number of virtual machines that you place on a VMFS

volume?– What is the typical size of the vmdk file (or files, if you have a C and D drive

configured) associated with your virtual machines?– On Windows-based virtual machines, do you configure a dedicated C drive

for the Windows-based operating system and page file, as well as dedicated application and data drives (D drive)?

– What type of workload is going to be managed and stored on the Virtual SAN datastore?

Network, Storage, Security, and Management – Part 2

– Do you use VLANs in your production environment?– Can Layer 2 Multicast (IGMP Snooping) be configured on a dedicated

network for Virtual SAN Traffic?– Are 10GB/s networks available in the environment?– Are Jumbo Frames used in the environment? – Is LACP being used in the environment?– What teaming policies are currently used in the environment?– Is VMotion configured in the environment?– Is DRS used in the environment? If so, what mode is it configured to use?– Are tiered storage policies used in the environment?

Operations– Are all critical servers backed up at scheduled checkpoints?– Do you have established recovery point objectives (RPOs)?– Do you have established recovery time objectives (RTOs)?– Do you have a standardized set of high availability practices and

technology?– How do you determine the characteristics of a virtual machine storage

workload?– What team configures he aforementioned characteristic and ensures that

virtual machines are in compliance with their expected policy?– How is monitoring and remediation of the environment’s current workloads

performed?

Mind Map

Software-Defined Storage

VMware Virtual SAN

<Business Requirements

Topic>

<Infrastructure Requirements

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<Operation Requirements

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Analyze and Prioritize• Must (M)

• Should (S)

• Could (C)

• Won’t (W)

Requirements MUST(M)

SHOULD(S)

COULD(C)

WON’T(W)

Requirement 1

Requirement 2

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